The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-07-15
WANTED A CHEAP HORSE.
"a Former Resident Of Dubois
County.


ssouisvihe svtnmeviat, 5sn.
\ II want = cheap horse. don't care q
much about style Or looks, 20 he'
cheap"
4 Such were the words that were hum
med into the ear Of Sam Simcns, br0the
of Lum Simons, II The lstter's auction
stable on Market street yesterday morn
ing. The hummer WAS tall man, wei
proportioned, with = smooth face anf
g0ld-rimmed spectaclcs. and clad IN thl
garb OF y Catholic priest.
"All right. sir" responded Simons
and then calling 10 one Of the stable
boys, gave orders to bring out THAT sor'
rel horse.v
\. A colored boy soon dashed down
Through the stable with . sorry -lookinp
sorreI. Its hind legs were gone. III
backbone was almost uucOupled, and III
wind was as thick ~ mud.
/ "There you are, sir" said Sim0ns Il
the priest. There's the cheapest horse
lin the city Of Louisville to-day. I'm
afraid. no wever, that the owuer Of lin
will hold him little bit higher proba.
bly, than you will care TO bid
! The horse was worth about three dol.
liars, and twenty -four would have bought
him, but the shrewd horse-trader saw
they had sucker aud they worked him
good aud strong.
"Iiere, Mr.. Rucker," said Simons 70
the venerable auctioneer, who years ago
cried himself hoarse selling horses, ''seIl
this sorreI and get every cent you can
for him."
Rucker started on with . coed bid
while Simons stood by the priest coach
ing him and keeping him posted as to
when the bid was against him. The
bidding had gone up to ESQ when there
was sort Of lull. Simons turned TO the
owner of the beast, but who.
lin fact. stood ne~ith the play, and said :
"There's no use Of me trying TO get
you $40 tor this horse
well, then, unite him and turn him
loose on the mSrket; let him bring what
he WILL" was the reply.
United and turned loose cried ST.
mons. Now. Mr.. Rucker, YET what
YOU cap for him, aud sell him when
you're done. A bid Of 5000 WAS offer
ed by capper, and the priest raised Il q
half Tifen The bidding continued until
SO was rcaclie,, When the priest. show
ing \ slispnsition 10 quit, had the animlsl
knockcd down 10 hIn II that price. A
broad smile play ed over the face of ST.
mons. while the nuctioneer and the sta
bIe boys grinucd broad grin. The
priest was the softest snap they had
struck IN q long time. Accompanying
Simoms into the office, the priest went
down into lis pocket. pulled out ire-
mendous roll Vi bills aud counted out
nj IN n n
Out 4 bill Of sale tor the annual, the
priest said: II bought this horse for an
other man, aud just be kind enough 10
10 make out tile bill Tor $57 instead Of
S53.v
After the hiIl was made out Simons
.old the priesf y saddle and halter worth
about 81 Tor $3.50. The priest then gave
10 have the horse shipped,
on the Afternoon mail boat, 10 Law
Iud.
The actions Of the priest created :
great deal of comment, and nobody
seemed 10 know who he was until ~ old
German got Z sQuimt NJ him.
.Why. 4 know him." said the German.
"IIe's Father koesters. who used 10 have
1 church down here IN Dubois county,
Indiana. file got away with whole lot
OF funds belonging 10 the church, and
then the people ran him away. One
night they tied lot of switches on bis
door a. . warning that II he did not
leave, he would be whipped He left.
That was about five years ago."
Hardy had the German got through
relating that be knew about the priest
when note came to the stable addressed
to Father A. Koesters. He read II him.
self, aud then glanced across the street
10 an upper window Of the Central no.
tel. where anxi0usly awaiting III snsw wer
stood pretty young woman with gol-
den haired child at her side. She IL was
who had penned the note to the priest.
The latter perused the note again and
again, and walked up and down the sta
Bile as though deeply worried. Finally
he handed Sim0us the note and told hill
10 read Il. Simous complied, and found
the contents OF the missivc to be . 70.
quest for the priest to call ct once upon
the sender oft
II can't 90 over there" said the priest,
.for rm afraid that it's trap set up e
catch me. educated that girl, and ex-
pended great deal Of money upon her.
When she was eighteen years old she
ran away and married : worthless fel-
low"
But IN spite OF HE determination not
10 visit her, the priest presently went up
to the parlor and sent tor the young wo-
man to meet him there.
A reporter for The Commercial, who
had Witnessed the above, concluded 70
lind out who the young woman was
without any difficulty u was soon
learned that she was the wife Of Frank
\. Wenps. : drummer for : wholesale
liouor house. He was also stopping q
The hotel, tue couple having come hero
from Cincinnati. She said that seven
years ago she played the organ aud
taught school q Father kocster's church,
= Rlue Grass, Ind. That while 90 en-.
gagged Father Kocstcr became indebted
- her "a the extent Of about $500 That
money Il still owing 10 her That was
fvc years ago. After leaving Blue Grass
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